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Kc Davis, Dr Martin: How to Keep House While Drowning (AudiobookFormat, 2022, Blackstone Pub) 4 stars

How to Keep House While Drowning will introduce you to six life-changing principles that will …

Decluttering Your Mind, Not Just Your Home

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If you are looking for cleaning hacks, appendix 2 has a dozen or two of them, you can skip right there. This book isn't about cleaning.

This book is about decluttering your brain more than your house. Understanding the differences between what must be done and what you've internalized. The theme that this book comes back to is that these chores are morally neutral. Dusting, laundry, vacuuming are neither morally good nor evil. You'll be far better served if you find a reason to do them, find a work around to make them easier or not needed, or find the core need that actually needs to be done.

As an aside, this book touches on self care, which is something that always tickles my brain. I get the impression that some people use the term "self care" as a code for self indulgence. I like to think of it instead …

Bill Perkins: Die with Zero (Paperback, 2021, Mariner Books) 4 stars

A common-sense guide to living rich . . . instead of dying rich

Imagine if …

Memento Mori for Money

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This book got me to think about retirement in a new way, both in saving for it and not saving for it.

The book's premise is, as the title says, that you should aim to die with exactly zero dollars in assets. It is an intentionally goading goal, inviting the reader to argue "but what about..." and then addresses the concerns.

My takeaways are:

  1. Experiences are more valuable than things.

I'll accept that axiomatically.

  1. Earlier Experiences Are More Valuable

One of the ideas that Thinking Fast And Slow presents is that our "remembering self" is much more important than our "experiencing self." This book applies that concept to when you experience something. If you take a big trip when you are 30 and you live to 90, you'll spend 60 years enjoying the memories. On the other hand, if you wait until you are 70 and have retired, you'll only …